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Photo courtesy of Judi Sawyer | Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation  Caselyn Little, a wildlife biology student at Lees McRae-College, releases a broad-winged hawk that was restored through the university’s May Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Grandfather Mountain on Friday, May 21. Photo by Luke Barber  Megan Guess, a pre-veterinary medicine student, releases a broad-winged hawk into the wild at Grandfather Mountain on Friday, May 21. Photo courtesy of Judi Sawyer | Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation  A broad-winged hawk that was restored to health by Lees McRae-Col...

Department of Agriculture (DA) Asec. Noel Reyes admitted Thursday, March 4 that local hog production won't be able to meet the country’s demand for the entire year.

QUEZON CITY, Jan. 24 -- As part of the current nationwide biosecurity and surveillance program, aptly called “BABay ASF” (Bantay ASF sa Barangay), the Department of Agriculture (DA) is initially allotting P80 million (M) for the development and mass production of Filipino-made test kits that can detect the dreaded African Swine Fever (ASF) faster and cheaper. “We are allocating an initial P80 million through the DA-National Livestock Program (NLP) and Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to mass-produce and distribute to local government units (LGUs) the test kit, called “ASFV Nanogold Bio...

SunStar + LOCAL requirements will come first. This was the assurance of Central Visayas Pork Producers Cooperative president Paul Holaysan following the reported dwindling supply of pork in Luzon which caused prices to spike anew. “For Cebu we have enough supply for our local consumption. We are supplying Luzon, but we would prioritize our own local requirements,” Holaysan told SunStar Cebu. A national report said prices of pork products such as pork belly have soared to as high as P380 to P400 a kilo in major public markets in Metro Manila, way higher than the suggested retail price...

Last year at this time, we declared that “the business of coffee sustainability surged in 2019.” You could argue that sustainability throughout the coffee sector took a step backwards in 2020 as actors large and small, public and private, pulled back to protect their own interests and stay afloat by whatever means possible. You could also argue that one step back is actually five given how far behind the game the world’s agricultural and food systems are in terms of combatting climate change, sustainable farming practices, environmental protection and supply chain equity. You could also...